CanadaFab resources https://canadafab.ca/resources/ Guides, data tables and news on Canadian content, metal, CNC machining and controlled goods, each with its sources and dates. en-CA Buy Canadian: what counts as Canadian, and what melted and poured means https://canadafab.ca/resources/buy-canadian-melted-and-poured/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/buy-canadian-melted-and-poured/ Steel counts under Buy Canadian only if melted and poured in Canada. The $25 million and $5 million thresholds, the 10% and 25% levers, and what to keep. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Canadian content and Buy Canadian rules Canada’s machine shops, province by province https://canadafab.ca/resources/machine-shops-by-province/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/machine-shops-by-province/ Canada had 2,384 machine shops with employees in June 2026, 1,006 of them in Ontario and 704 in Quebec. Statistics Canada counts by province. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT CNC machiningSupply chain in Canada Controlled goods in Canada: registration, drawings and Notice 1159 https://canadafab.ca/resources/controlled-goods-and-notice-1159/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/controlled-goods-and-notice-1159/ Who must register in Canada’s Controlled Goods Program, why sending a drawing is a transfer, and what Notice 1159 (5 November 2025) asks of the cloud. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Controlled goods and defence How a CNC machining quote is built, in 10 lines from metal to tax https://canadafab.ca/resources/how-a-cnc-quote-is-built/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/how-a-cnc-quote-is-built/ The 10 lines of a CNC machining quote and what moves each, why quotes from US platforms read differently, and how a CanadaFab quote reads. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT CNC machining ITB’s 2x credit for small Canadian businesses, and what a prime needs from your shop https://canadafab.ca/resources/itb-small-business-double-credit/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/itb-small-business-double-credit/ ITB obligations total $83.8 billion, $23.4 billion not identified (ISED, April 2025). How the 2x credit for small shops works, and what to show. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Canadian content and Buy Canadian rulesControlled goods and defence Machine shop revenue by province in 2024 https://canadafab.ca/resources/machining-revenue-by-province/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/machining-revenue-by-province/ Ontario and Quebec machine shops earned $5.48 billion of $7.76 billion in 2024, 70.6% of the total. Statistics Canada revenue by province. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Supply chain in CanadaCNC machining Sourcing metal: mill certificates and the country of melt https://canadafab.ca/resources/sourcing-metal-mill-certificates-country-of-melt/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/sourcing-metal-mill-certificates-country-of-melt/ Where to buy metal for machined parts in Canada, how to read a mill certificate, and the country of melt that Buy Canadian has counted since 16 December 2025. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Metal and materials Where $83.8 billion of ITB obligations stand https://canadafab.ca/resources/itb-obligations-tracker/ https://canadafab.ca/resources/itb-obligations-tracker/ ISED reports $83.8 billion of ITB obligations, $23.4 billion of it not identified, as of 21 April 2025. The figures by status, checked monthly. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Canadian content and Buy Canadian rulesControlled goods and defence